Shattered – Tale of the Forgotten King (v2021.09.09)

A fallen kingdom hangs over an immense void, its ruined cities, temples, and impossible pathways held together by fragments of a reality that no longer makes sense. Shattered – Tale of the Forgotten King is a melancholic action RPG built around the mystery of an absent god-king and the broken civilization left behind in his wake. You play a nameless Wanderer searching for answers among strange survivors, unreliable accounts, and monuments whose purpose has long been forgotten. Its atmosphere lands somewhere between Dark Souls’ desolation and the dreamlike scale of Shadow of the Colossus, with a world that feels deliberately alien rather than simply post-apocalyptic.

Combat demands patience, timing, and an eye for enemy patterns. The Wanderer fights with melee weapons and ranged options, managing positioning while dodging punishing attacks from corrupted creatures and towering bosses. Exploration shifts between third-person traversal and more side-on platforming sequences, asking you to leap across floating architecture, navigate vertical ruins, and find routes through a loosely connected world. Checkpoints, equipment choices, character development, and harsh encounters give the adventure a familiar Souls-like structure, although platforming is as central to progress as swordplay. Bosses serve as major skill checks, rewarding players who learn their tells instead of trying to overpower every encounter.

Its strongest feature is the uneasy sense of place: environments are vast, quiet, and frequently surreal, making every new structure feel like a clue to a forgotten myth. The narrative avoids handing over clean answers, using environmental storytelling and conversations to build a fractured history that players must interpret for themselves. Some movement and combat systems can feel rougher than the genre’s biggest names, but that roughness comes with an unusual ambition in its blend of open exploration and precision platforming. Fans of Souls-likes who want a stranger, more exploratory alternative to Dark Souls or Lords of the Fallen will find plenty to investigate, while newcomers should be ready for demanding fights and occasional disorientation.